第二章:
诸公国
格兰特里虽然狭小,但这个国度拥有你所能期盼的一切。这里的各个公国之间的多样性是如此之巨大,以致于格兰特里人无需离开家园即可体会离乡情愫。
—冒险者兼流浪者,米克莱尔·都多芬,正身处格兰特里的文化冲突当中。
The 13 principalities in this realm of magic differ from each other as much as Glantri itself differs from its neighbors. In this chapter you can read detailed descriptions of the principalities, presented in alphabetical order, starting on page 25. Each one is ruled by a noble house, created when the Council of Princes grants a noble princely status. Most (but not all) noble houses have existed for some time, entrenched in the intrigues and politics that inevitably come with rulership. Each noble house maintains a castle, keep, or hold—referred to here as a siege —where the family members live and base their government.
正如格兰特里与其邻居截然不同一样,这个魔法国度里面的13公国也个个都与众不同。从25页开始,您可以在本章中以字母顺序阅读各个公国的详细描述。每一个公国都由一个贵族家族所统治,而这些家族又都是在亲王议会取得高贵的君王地位时建立起来的。大多数(但不是所有的)贵族家族都已经存在了一段时间,并且在阴谋和政治中所扎下的根系是如此地稳固,以致于自然而然地获得了统治的地位。每一个贵族家族都拥有一座城堡、要塞或是堡垒——在这里被称为“围城”——而家族成员会在其中居住,并以此建立它们的政府。
Each noble house embraces a number of important personalities, the ruling family's significant nonplayer characters (NPCs). Each of these people is oudined briefly within the principality's description (along with the characters' statistics and relation to the prince). Extremely influential family members (such as princes) have separate write ups at the end of the appropriate section.
每一个家族都有一些重要的、统治着整个家族的重要非玩家角色(NPC)。这些NPC中的每一位都会在各自公国的描述中简短地提及(包括它们的数据还有与亲王的关系)。极具影响力的家庭成员(如亲王)在适当的部分结束时,会单独提及。
Politics being complex and variable in Glantri, alliances often seem convoluted and quick to change, while hatreds run deep. So, the names of each principality's allies and foes appear in the appropriate sections, usually with an explanation in the text that follows. Most allies are minor nobles who have linked themselves with the powerful houses, and these allies rarely change—no house will accept a minor noble who has demonstrated shallow loyalties by leaving a previous alliance (and a minor noble with no house ties is practically powerless). Some noble houses have allied with each other, but these unions shift often—and quickly.
在格兰特里,政治复杂多变,联盟纠结善变,但仇恨却会根深蒂固。此,每个公国的盟友和敌人的名字都会出现在适当的部分,并且通常在后面的文本中有相关解释。大多数盟友都是已经将自己绑在强大家族之上的小贵族,这种盟友往往不会叛变——没有任何家族会接受一个叛离了自己先前家族的、忠诚感浅薄的小贵族(而一个背后没有任何家族的小贵族实际上也是毫无用处的)。某些贵族家族已经结成了联盟,但这些联盟常常——以很快的速度——更易。
Each principality has voting power in the Council of Princes and the Parliament. The amount of voting power depends on a number of factors. (See “Nobility and Voting," the sidebar starting on page 23.) Lastly, a principality’s description mentions the area's population (including towns) plus the populations of individual towns or villages.
每个公国都在亲王议会和国会中拥有投票权。具体的票数则取决于许多因素(详见23页开始的“贵族与投票”边栏)。最后,一个公国的描述会提到该地区的人口(包括城镇)加上个别城镇或村庄的人口。
角色描述
As mentioned above, a principality’s listing includes descriptions and game statistics for some of the important people who live there. (Usually the character’s name appears in italics on a section’s first text reference to him or her.) These brief NPC lines—containing the character’s alignment, race, sex. class, and level—are presented in parentheses. The following abbreviations help save space:
如上所述:一个公国的列表包括了部分生活在那里的重要人物的描述和游戏数据(这些角色的名字通常会以斜体标示在相关部分的第一行)。这些简短的NPC描述——包括角色的阵营、种族、性别、职业以及等级——都呈现在括号当中。以下是为了节省空间而设的简称:
职业 角色职业
CG 混乱善良 E 勇士
NG 中立善良 F(P) 圣武士
LG 守序善良 F(R) 游侠
CN 混乱中立 W 法师
N 绝对中立 P 祭司(罕见)
LN 守序中立 c 牧师(罕见)
CE 混乱邪恶 T 盗贼
NE 中立邪恶 B 吟游诗人
LE 守序邪恶
种族 性别
h 人类 m 男性
e 精灵 f 女性
A number indicating experience level comes after the character class abbreviation; thus W3 means “3rd-level wizard.” Occasionally, a wizard specializes in one school of magic. In such cases, the abbreviation for the school (in parentheses) follows the W. These abbreviations are:
在角色职业缩写之后的数字代表其经验等级;因此W3代表“3级法师”。有时一位法师会专精于某个魔法学派。这时会在W后面(的括号中)跟上该学派的缩写。这些缩写为:
A 防护
C 咒唤
D 预言
E 附魔/魅惑
Il 幻术
In 祈唤/塑能
N 死灵
T 变形(转化)
Some NPCs belong to one of the Seven Secret Crafts of Magic. (Sec Chapter IV: Magic.) If so, the brief character description includes the wizard's craft affiliation and rank.
某些NPC归属于魔法七秘艺之一。(详见第七章:魔法。)若如此,该角色会有一段关于他所加入的秘艺以及等级的描述。
For example, here is the character line for Lady Sinaria Verlien from the Principality of Bergdhoven:
举例来说,这里是一位来自波洛赫温公国的希娜莉亚·维林女士的描述:
(NE hf W16(E) Fire Elementalist of the Fourth Circle四之环的火元素学者)
This brief description identifies Lady Sinaria as a 16th-level human female Enchanter specialist wizard of neutral evil alignment. In addition, it tells us that she has gained the fourth circle in the Secret Craft of Elemental (Fire) Magic.
这段简短的描述表明希娜莉亚女士是一位16级、阵营中立邪恶、性别为女的附魔系人类专精法师。此外,这还告诉我们她已经习得了(火)元素魔法秘艺中的四之环。
More detailed writeups for major characters follow the description of each principality. These writeups contain a complete set of game statistics for the nonplayer character, as well as details about the character's origin and personality. The text also includes a quote typifying the sort of thing the person has been heard to say (very revealing about the character's nature), a statement another character has made about this person (which shows how others regard the character), and ways to handle the NPC in play, including in combat situations.
在每个公国的描述之后,是对主要人物的更详细的描述。这些描述包括该NPC的一套完整游戏数据,以及该角色的出身和性格的细节。这些文字中还包括了该角色为人所知的一些口头禅(这将揭示这名角色的本质),其他角色对这名角色所作出的评价(这将展示出他人对该角色的看法),以及在游戏(包括战斗)中操纵这名NPC的方法。
The following abbreviations appear in game statistics:
THACO To Hit Armor Class 0 (Strength, Dexterity, magic, and other modifiers do not figure into this number.)零级命中值(力量、敏捷、魔法以及其他调整不会被计算在内。)
#AT Number of attacks the character can make in a round (with the character's preferred weapon in parentheses)该角色在一轮中可以攻击的次数(同时在括号中写出该角色偏好的武器)
Dmg The damage the character normally inflicts该角色通常可以造成的伤害
SA 特殊 attacks (where applicable)(恰当情况下可以作出的)特殊攻击
SD 特殊 defenses (where applicable)(恰当情况下可以作出的)特殊防御
AC Armor Class 防御等级
HD Hit Dice (for monsters only)生命骰(只适用于怪物)
Hp Hit points生命值
MV Movement rate移动速度
ML Morale士气
AL Alignment (See page 23 for abbreviations.)阵营(缩写见23页)
XP Experience points (included only for those nonplayer characters a party might fight)经验点数(只有玩家队伍有可能与之战斗的NPC才会拥有)
Str Strength力量 Int Intelligence智力
Dex Dexterity敏捷 Wis Wisdom灵知
Con Constitution体质 Cha Charisma魅力
Additionally, some (but not necessarily all) of a character’s favored spells, languages, proficiencies, and equipment (including magical items) appear in the NPC description. All wizards presented here use the Glantrian Wizard kit, unless otherwise noted. (See Chapter V: Glantrian Characters for more on character kits.)
此外,NPC描述中还会列出该角色的某些(并不一定是全部)偏好的法术、语言、熟练和装备(包括魔法物品)。如无特殊说明,本书列出的所有法师都使用了格兰特里法师套组(详见第五章:格兰特里的角色来了解角色套组的更多)。
The names of new spells detailed in this book are written in bold italics. An asterisk (*) marks a spell that, in Glantri, bears a name slightly altered from that in the Player's Handbook. Spell names differ when the wizards to whom the Player's Handbook attributes these spells are not known in Glantri. In the list below, the name in parentheses before a spell reflects the Player's Handbook spell name. (So, the spell called grasping hand in this Grimoire is listed in the Player's Handbook as Bigby's grasping hand.) Spells below are alphabetized by Glantrian name.
本书中所记录的新法术以粗斜体来表示。标记着一颗星号 (*)的法术则表示该法术在格兰特里有着与《玩家手册》中稍微不同的名字。玩家手册中为法术命名的那些法师在格兰特里并不为人所知,所以名字就发生了变更。在下表中,一个法术前列出的缩写表示该法术在《玩家手册》中的名字。(所以,一个在格林莫勒名为攫握之手的法术在《玩家手册》中名为毕格比的攫握之手。)以下法术都依照格兰特里名来排列。
(Melf‘s) acid arrow (马友夫的)强酸箭
(Evard's) black tentacles (伊瓦尔德的)黑触手
(Bigby's) clenched hand (毕格比的)紧握之拳
(Bigby's) crushing hand (毕格比的)粉碎之手
(Mordenkainen's) faithful hound (魔邓肯的)忠犬
(Bigby's) forceful hand (毕格比的)强力之手
(Otiluke's) freezing sphere (欧提路克的)冰封法球
(Bigby's) grasping hand (毕格比的)攫握之手
(Drawmij's) instant summons(卓姆吉的)瞬间召唤
(Bigby's) interposing hand (毕格比的)介入之手
(Otto's) irresistible dance (奥托的)迷舞
(Mordenkainen's) magic mansion
(Melf‘s) minute meteors (魔邓肯的)豪宅术
(Otiluke's) resilient sphere (欧提路克的)弹力法球
(Leomund's) secure shelter (李欧蒙的)庇护所
(Serten's) spell immunity (瑟坦的)法术免疫术
(Mordenkainen's) sword (魔邓肯之)剑
(Otiluke's) telekinetic sphere(欧提路克的)灵动法球
Thieving abilities use the following abbreviations:
盗贼能力则使用以下缩写
PP Pick pockets盗窃 HS Hide in shadows阴影躲藏
OL Open locks开锁 DN Detect noise辨声
F/RT Find/remove traps寻找/解除陷阱 CW Climb walls爬墙
MS Move silendy潜行 RL Read languages解读文书